Series Description

I
Applications Aircraft Support Programs Office (AASPO)1972-1976

Physical Description: 7 folders

Series Description

This series is arranged into two subseries: aircraft support of the ERTS and land use.

The first subseries, Aircraft Earth Resources Technology Satellite Support, contains plans outlining the development of a
cost-effective survey
system utilizing NASA aircraft support of the ERTS program. The AASPO was based at Ames, which was assigned as the lead center
to plan, integrate,
coordinate, and review the application and utilization of aircraft support resources. Of interest is the inclusion of a
Nature
article entitled “ERTS - Technological Success, Scientific Failure?”

The second subseries, Land Use, contains records regarding land use, including workshop information and maps from the U.S.
Department of the Interior
and the USGS, as well as NASA review meeting minutes from 1974.

II
Pacific Northwest (PNW) Region1975-1983

Physical Description: 52 folders

Series Description

This series is arranged into three subseries concerning activities spanning the Pacific Northwest Region. Each subseries
is arranged in chronological order.

The first subseries, Pacific Northwest Regional Commission Reviews, contains primarily high-level reviews of projects, including
proposals, plans, budgets,
reports, and presentations. These include evaluation criteria for considering potential projects, as well as users’ reflections
on their experiences.

The second subseries, Technology Transfer Task Force (T3F), is significantly smaller and contains records with a more limited
scope, focusing on specific T3F
activities, including meeting minutes. Notably, the T3F received the “Public Service Achievement Award” from NASA on October
20, 1981 in recognition for its
work managing over twenty projects with more than thirty agencies and helping users successfully acquire operational capabilities.

The third subseries, Reviews for NASA Headquarters, consists of reviews for NASA headquarters. These consisted predominantly
of presentations for Alexander J.
Tuyahov, Chief of the Space Applications Development Branch, regarding geographic information systems and the Alaska ASVT.
Of particular note is the NASA
headquarters’ Landsat study review, including “Lessons Learned.”

This series contains the bulk of the collection. The projects are arranged into subseries by state and discipline, including,
urban planning, forestry, and range
inventory. Within these groupings, the files are ordered chronologically.

The first and largest subseries contains documents relating to Washington State. Overarching LRIDP reports and LAP proposals
are presented first, followed by
projects covering urban development in Tacoma and the Puget Sound region, Columbia River Basin ASVT, and U-2 surveys of the
Mount St. Helens disaster assessment
following its eruption on May 18, 1980. The last project folder includes an article questioning the involvement of federal
agencies in basic research. The
establishment of the Washington State University Computing Service Center is also documented.

The second subseries relates to projects in the state of Oregon. Its subdivisions begin with LAP proposals, along with forestry,
range, and other smaller projects.

The third subseries covers Landsat projects in Idaho.

The fourth subseries contains consortium agreements with universities in Oregon and Washington.

The fifth subseries relates to the development of operational facilities with Landsat data analysis capabilities within the
Pacific Northwest states. This included
visits from the MATE (Mobile Analysis and Training Extension) Van, which was equipped with data processing equipment, and
support from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
(JPL) for the implementation of VICAR/IBIS (Video Image Communication and Retrieval / Image Based Information System). Manuals
and vendor contracts are also included here.

IV
Imagery1975-1980

Physical Description: 13 folders

Series Description

This series contains Landsat imagery categorizing land use in Tacoma, Washington and Portland, Oregon. It also includes,
to a lesser extent, Landsat images from other
projects, such as inventories of Ada County, Idaho agricultural lands, and Snake River, Idaho irrigated lands. The series
also includes lists of Landsat scenes, photographs
of Landsat data analysis facilities, and a U.S. Landsat coverage map. Folders are arranged alphabetically by title.

V
Pixel Facts Newsletter1975-1981

Physical Description: 6 folders

Series Description

The fifth series contains Pixel Facts, a bimonthly newsletter that described the activities,
results, and status of projects related to the transfer of Landsat data analysis capabilities
to federal and commercial users. This series is arranged chronologically.

VI
Miscellaneous Files1976-1982

Physical Description: 6 folders

Series Description

The sixth series contains miscellaneous material not filed with specific programs and is
comprised of papers presented at a remote sensing symposium, an article on sampling methods
with a bibliography, memos, and correspondence. Of note is a letter regarding concerns about
the accuracy and verification of Landsat data. This series is also arranged chronologically.